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{{short description|Subprefecture and commune in Grand Est, France}}
{{For|the wine grape that is also known as Bar sur Aube|Chasselas}}
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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Bar-sur-Aube
|commune status     = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image coat of arms = Blason Bar-sur-Aube.svg
|image              = Bar-sur-Aube_Mairie_R01.jpg
|caption            = Town hall of Bar-sur-Aube
|arrondissement     = Bar-sur-Aube
|canton             = Bar-sur-Aube
|INSEE              = 10033
|postal code        = 10200
|mayor              = Philippe Borde<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = Région de Bar sur Aube
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|elevation m        = 166
|elevation min m    = 156
|elevation max m    = 348
|area km2           = 16.27
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
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|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Bar-sur-Aube''' ({{IPA|fr|baʁ syʁ ob|lang|Fr-Paris--Bar-sur-Aube.ogg}}, literally ''Bar on [[Aube (river)|Aube]]'') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] and a [[Subprefectures in France|sub-prefecture]] in the [[Aube]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Grand Est]] region of [[France]].<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/10033-bar-sur-aube INSEE commune file]</ref>

Surrounded by hills and [[Champagne]] vineyards, the city is traversed by the river Aube, from which it derives its name.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Baralbins'' or ''Baralbines'' and ''Barsuraubois'' or ''Barsurauboises''.<ref>[http://www.habitants.fr/aube-10 Inhabitants of Aube] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

The commune has been awarded three flowers by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''.<ref>[http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210053901/http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html |date=December 10, 2014 }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==Geography==
Bar-sur-Aube is located some 30&nbsp;km west by north-west of [[Chaumont, Haute-Marne|Chaumont]] and 25&nbsp;km south-east of [[Brienne-le-Château]]. Access to the commune is by the D619 road from [[Ailleville]] in the north-west which passes through the centre of the commune and the town before continuing east to [[Lignol-le-Château]]. The D396 branches off the D619 south-east of the town and goes south to [[Juvancourt]]. The D4 goes south-west from the town to [[Couvignon]]. The D13 comes from [[Fontaine, Aube|Fontaine]] in the south and passes through the town before continuing north-east to [[Colombé-la-Fosse]]. The D384 goes north to [[Ville-sur-Terre]] while the D73 branches off it in the town and goes to [[Arrentières]]. in the north. The [[TER Grand Est]] [[Troyes]] to [[Chalindrey]] railway passes through the commune coming from [[Vendeuvre-sur-Barse]] to the west to [[Bricon]] in the south-east with a station in the town. With a substantial urban area in the west and some forest in the south the commune is mostly farmland.<ref name=Google/><ref name=Geo/> 
[[File:Rivière Aube sortie Bar sur Aube.JPG|thumb|The Aube river at Bar-sur-Aube]]
The [[Aube (river)|Aube river]] flows through the commune and the town from south-east to north-west continuing to eventually join the [[Seine]] at [[Marcilly-sur-Seine]]. The ''Bresse'' also flows through the commune coming from the north-east and forming a small part of the northern border before joining the Aube at the north-western tip of the commune.<ref name=Google/><ref name=Geo/>

{{Geographic location
| title = '''Neighbouring communes and villages'''<ref name=Google/>
|width=auto
|Centre    = Bar-sur-Aube 
|North     = 
|Northeast = [[Arrentières]]
|East      = [[Voigny]]
|Southeast = [[Lignol-le-Château]]
|South     = [[Fontaine, Aube|Fontaine]]
|Southwest = [[Couvignon]]
|West      = [[Proverville]]
|Northwest = [[Ailleville]]
}}

==Toponymy==
The area was attested in the form ''castro barro'' in the 7th century and ''Barri villa'' in 932.

''Bar'' comes from a Gallic word meaning "summit" and is perhaps even older (pre-Gallic).<ref>Pierre Gastal, ''Our Celtic roots'', éd. Désiris, 2013, p. 120-121. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

Bar-sur-Aube appears as ''Bar sur Aube'' on the 1750 [[French cartography#Cassini maps|Cassini Map]]<ref name=Cassini1750/> and the same on the 1790 version.<ref name=Cassini1790/>

==History==

===Ancient times===
[[File:Denier Togirix-b.jpg|thumb|Togarix coin - Front]]
[[File:Denier Togirix-a.jpg|thumb|A Togarix coin - back]]
The existence of Bar-sur-Aube goes back to ancient times. There are remains of an [[oppidum]] from the [[Iron Age]]. A coin with the image of a horse in the name of Togirix (Chief of the [[Lingones]]) was discovered on the Sainte Germaine hill.

In [[Roman times]] the town appeared on the [[Tabula Peutingeriana]] under the name of ''Segessera''. Some remains from the 1st to the 4th century including villas have been discovered in the town and surrounding areas. Segessera seemed to have existed from the Roman period to the first [[Lyonnais]] in the territory of the Lingones.

The city was devastated by [[Attila]]. After the division of the kingdom of [[Clovis I|Clovis]] by his son the town became part of [[Austrasia]].

===Middle Ages===
Under [[Charles the Bald]] several varieties of coins were issued with the name of the city on the reverse. During the period of the [[Counts of Champagne]] the town was of great importance with the [[Champagne fairs]] where merchants from [[Flanders]] and [[Italy]] traded Oriental spices and silk for textiles and raw materials from the north of [[Europe]] in mid-February and mid-April. The town was then joined to the crown of France. In 1318 [[Philip V of France|Philip V the Tall]] sold the town to Jacques de Croÿ, residents bought it themselves to ensure that the king could no longer sell or alienate the lands.

===Modern and contemporary eras===
When [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] besieged [[Saint-Dizier]] the inhabitants of nearby villages came under his protection. The town suffered a long [[Bubonic plague|plague]] in 1636 which led to the end of the fair. In 1862 the fortifications were demolished and the ''boulevard du tour'' put in their place.

The [[French Revolution]] was well received in the commune and the [[convent]]s disappeared. It became the chief town of the district from 1790 to 1800.

The city and surrounding area was the scene of the [[Battle of Bar-sur-Aube]] towards the end of the Napoleonic era on 27 February 1814.

In 1911 the [[Champagne riots]] of the Aube winegrowers and the Marnais traders to keep the vineyards in the [[Appellation d'origine contrôlée]] of "Champagne".

===Heraldry===
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason Bar-sur-Aube.svg
|legend1=Arms of Bar-sur-Aube 
|text=

'''Blazon:'''<br/>
''Parti per pale, at 1 Gules, a barbel Argent; at 2 Azure, a bend argent potent counter potent Or; in chief Azure chrged with 3 bees flying of Or.''
}}

==Administration==
[[File:Bar-sur-Aube - 09.jpg|thumb|The Aube river bank]]
{{incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
'''List of Successive [[Mayor (France)|Mayors]]'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=16423 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lest-eclair.fr/bar-sur-aube/sept-maires-depuis-1947-ia0b0n208422 Seven Mayors since 1947] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From !! To !! Name !! Party !! Position
|-
| 1789 ||  || [[Claude-Laurent Bourgeois de Jessaint]]  ||   || 
|-
|  || 1857 || Vernand ||   || 
|-
|  || 1943 || Arthur Bureau ||   || 
|-
| 1943 || 1947 || Léon Chevillotte ||   || 
|-
| 1947 || 1959 || Maurice Véchin ||   || 
|-
| 1959 || 1964 || Henry Supper ||   || Printer
|-
| 1964 || 1965 || Roger Rubaud (interim) ||   || Retired
|-
| 1965 || 1971 || Claude Pertat ||   || Commercial agent
|-
| 1971 || 2001 || Jean-Pierre Davot ||   || Trader
|-
| 2001 || 2008 || Jean-François Leroux ||   || 
|-
| 2008 || 2014 || René Gaudot || PRG  || 
|-
| 2014 || 2026 || Philippe Borde || UMP || 
|}

===Twinning===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}
Bar-sur-Aube has [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinning]] associations with:<ref>[https://pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr/cncdext/dyn/public/atlas/rechercheAtlasFrance.html National Commission for Decentralised cooperation] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Gernsheim]] (Germany) since 1976.

==Demography==
In 2017 the commune had 4,902 inhabitants.

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|2762|Bar-sur-Aube}}</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-10033#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |3652
|1800 |3665
|1806 |3707
|1821 |3503
|1831 |3890
|1836 |3940
|1841 |4169
|1846 |4163
|1851 |4442
|1856 |4781
|1861 |4727
|1866 |4809
|1872 |4453
|1876 |4521
|1881 |4579
|1886 |4636
|1891 |4342
|1896 |4548
|1901 |4587
|1906 |4507
|1911 |4533
|1921 |4074
|1926 |4313
|1931 |4264
|1936 |4002
|1946 |3921
|1954 |4387
|1962 |4801
|1968 |6008
|1975 |7265
|1982 |6943
|1990 |6707
|1999 |6261
|2007 |5461
|2012 |5145
|2017 |4902
}}

===Education===
[[File:Lycée Gaston Bachelard 10200.jpg|thumb|View from Lycée Gaston Bachelard.]]

The commune has several schools and colleges:<ref>[http://www.education.gouv.fr/pid24302/annuaire-resultat-recherche.html?lycee_name=&localisation=1&ville_name=bar-sur-aube Schools in Bar-sur-Aube] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

*One public Kindergarten: ''Gambetta''
*3 Elementary schools:
**Saint Teresa
**Arthur Bureau Public school
**Maurice Vechin public school
*One college: the ''College Gaston Bachelard'' The college consists of 19 classes spread over 4 floors offering students with options for [[Latin]] in the 5th year, [[Greek language|Greek]] in the 3rd year and has the distinction of being the only college in France to have a cinema-audiovisual option. A soccer section is available for middle school and high school students.<ref>[http://sepia.ac-reims.fr/lyc-bachelard/-joomla-/index.php/formations College Gaston Bachelard] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*One comprehensive school: ''Lycée Polyvalent Gaston Bachelard'' This general and technological school consists of 14 classes spread over 3 levels and offers its students the following courses: S (Scientific), L (literary), ES (economic and social) and STMG (Science and Technology manageant and management). It also offers a cinema-audiovisual option from the 2nd year. Foreign languages ??taught are [[German language|German]], English and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. Classes are held in groups of skills not whole classes. Each year school trips are organized to Germany, Scotland, and Spain. In 2013 an exchange with students from [[Ashburn, Georgia|Ashburn]] (United States) began. The French students went in February and US students came in 2014. The vocational high school consists of 6 classes spread over 3 floors and offers its students courses in trade and electrical engineering.<ref>[http://sepia.ac-reims.fr/lyc-bachelard/-joomla-/index.php/formations Lycée Gaston Bachelard Courses] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

===Sports===
There are numerous sports clubs in Bar-sur-Aube:<ref>[http://www.ville.barsuraube.org/upload/files/NVSITE/annuaire%20clubs%20sportifs%20mis%20%20jour%2020%20novembre%202014.pdf List of Sports Clubs in Bar-sur-Aube] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121185351/http://www.ville.barsuraube.org/upload/files/NVSITE/annuaire%20clubs%20sportifs%20mis%20%20jour%2020%20novembre%202014.pdf |date=2015-11-21 }} 2014 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

{{Hidden begin
|title=Sports Clubs in 2014
|titlestyle = background:palegreen;
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Activity !! Club 
|-
| Billiards || Billiard Club Baralbin  
|-
| Diving || Club Nautique Baralbin  
|-
| Cycling || Cyclo Club Baralbin, Étoile Cycliste Baralbine 
|-
| Football || BFC vétéran, OS Luisadas, Bar Football Club  
|-
| Gym ||  Gymnastic Volontaire Bar. Gym des Nin's, Jeune Garde de Bar-sur-Aube, La Concorde 
|-
| Hang-gliding / Para-gliding || Les Ailes de Sainte-Germaine   
|-
| Table tennis, roller blades, canoe, kayaking  || Maison pour Tous  
|-
| Pétanque || Pétanque baralbine  
|-
| Basketball || PL Basket 
|-
| Multi-sports || Patronage laïque 
|-
| Rhythmic Gym || G.I.R.L.S.  
|-
| Badminton || Badminton Club Baralbin  
|-
| Aikido || Bar-sur-Aube Aïkido   
|-
| Athletics || Cercle Athlétique Bar-Bayel  
|-
| Fencing || Cercle d'Escrime Baralbin  
|-
| Archery and Shooting || Diana Sport  
|-
| Judo || Judo Club Baralbin   
|-
| Thai Boxing || Muay thai pahuyouth   
|-
| Handball || PL Handball 
|-
| Mountain Climbing || Roc Altitude  
|-
| Karate || Shotokan Karaté Do  
|-
| Swimming || Stade Nautique Baralbin  
|-
| Tennis || Tennis Club Baralbin  
|}
{{Hidden end}}

==Economy==
[[File:Bar-sur-Aube - Halles 5.jpg|thumb|The Covered Market]]
The commune has a branch of the ''Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Troyes and Aube''.

===Industry===
*The [[hemp]] industry is highly developed in Bar-sur-Aube and has been growing steadily for several years.
*Furniture Manufacturing: Dumeste (Cauval Industries Group)
*Metal processing (forging, machining) for aerospace, armaments, agricultural machinery, medicine (prosthetics),  etc.  Manoir Aerospace.

===Agriculture===

Bar-sur-Aube, is the largest French producer of [[Cannabis sativa|straw hemp]] (125 tons per day) and many hemp products are manufactured in the commune. Around the town there are many [[vineyard]]s specializing in [[champagne]].

==Culture and heritage==
[[File:Bar-sur-Aube Marcasselles.jpg|thumb|Marcasselles Mill and the bell towers of the Church of Saint-Maclou]]

Guided tours of the town are organised on request by the Office of Tourism.

The commune contains over 200 objects that are registered as historical objects - mainly in the Church of Saint Peter but many others in different locations.<ref>{{Search Palissy|10033}}</ref>

===Civil heritage===
[[File:Bar-sur-Aube Carte.jpg|thumb|Old map of places in the town]]
[[File:Bar-sur-Aube - Bibliothèque.jpg|thumb|the Library]]
[[File:Bar-sur-Aube - Prefecture.jpg|thumb|The sub-prefecture]]
*The '''Covered Market'''
*The former '''Hotel de Surmont''' (now the Post Office)
*The '''Marcasselles Mill'''

The commune has many buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
*A '''House''' at 33 Rue d'Aube (16th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078038|PA00078038 House at 33 Rue d'Aube}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''House''' at 44 Rue d'Aube (16th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078039|PA00078039 House at 44 Rue d'Aube}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Petit Clairvaux Storehouse''' at 24 Rue Beugnot (12th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078033|PA00078033 Petit Clairvaux Storehouse}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*An '''[[Ursulines|Ursuline]] Convent''' at Place Carnot (17th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078029|PA00078029 Ursuline Convent at Place Carnot}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> (now the Town Hall)
*The '''Doré and son woollen mill''' at 1bis Rue Chenot (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA10000081|IA10000081 Doré and son factory}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''René Thiéblemont Carpentry factory''' at Route de Fontaine (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA10000059|IA10000059 René Thiéblemont Carpentry factory}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Thuillier Stamping Plant''' at Avenue du Général Leclerc (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA10000001|IA10000001 Thuillier Stamping Plant}} {{Camera}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Perfor metalwork factory''' at 32 avenue du Général Leclerc (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA10000002|IA10000002 Perfor metalwork factory}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Chevallier Foundry''' at 30 avenue du Général Leclerc (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA10000056|IA10000056 Chevallier Foundry}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Henry Comte Sawmill''' at rue du Général de Gaulle (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA10000058|IA10000058 Henry Comte Sawmill}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Building''' at 79 Rue Nationale (16th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078034|PA00078034 Building at 79 Rue Nationale}} {{Camera}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Flourmill''' at 25 boulevard de la République (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA10000062|IA10000062 Flourmill}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Small Flourmill''' at 21 boulevard de la République (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA10000061|IA10000061 Small Flourmill}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Building''' at 1 petite rue Saint-Pierre (15th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078035|PA00078035 Building at 1 petite rue Saint-Pierre}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*A '''Hotel''' at 15, 17 rue Saint-Pierre; 4 rue Delaunay (15th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078032|PA00078032 Hotel at 15, 17 rue Saint-Pierre; 4 rue Delaunay}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> (now a Museum and Library)
*A '''Building''' at 4 rue Saint-Pierre (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078036|PA00078036 Building at 4 rue Saint-Pierre}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Joseph de Bucy Diesel motor works''' at rue du Sommerard (20th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA10000057|IA10000057 Joseph de Bucy Diesel motor works}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Breton-Cordier Tannery''' at 2 rue des Tanneries (19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA10000060|IA10000060 Breton-Cordier Tannery}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Three Towers House''' at 9 rue des Trois-Tours (16th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078037|PA00078037 Three Towers House}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Sub-Prefecture''' (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078042|PA00078042 Sub-prefecture}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*An '''[[Oppidum]]''' ([[Iron Age]]){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078040|PA00078040 Oppidum}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

===Religious heritage===
[[File:Bar-sur-Aube - Eglise Saint-Pierre 05.jpg|thumb|The Church of Saint Peter]]
[[File:Bar sur Aube Saint Maclou.JPG|thumb|The Church of Saint Maclou]]
[[File:Bar-sur-Aube - Chapelle templière Saint-Jean.jpg|thumb|The Templar Chapel]]
*The '''Chapel of Saint John''' from the [[Knights Templar]] then the [[Knights Hospitaller]].
*The '''Chapel of Sainte-Germaine'''

The commune has three religious buildings that are registered as historical monuments:
*A '''Priory''' (16th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078041|PA00078041 Priory}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Church of Saint Peter''' (16th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078031|PA00078031 Church of Saint Peter}} {{Camera}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*The '''Church of Saint Maclou''' (12th century){{Mérimée Icon}}<ref>Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00078030|PA00078030 Church of Saint Maclou}} {{Camera}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

===Festivals===
*'''Cheese festival''' in June
*'''Eurythmies Festival''', late June.
*'''Festival "JazzàBar"''' early September
*A ''Market'' every Saturday morning under the covered market, in the Town Hall Square, and in the Rue Nationale
*Local '''Palm Festival'''
*'''Medieval Fair''', the first weekend in September
*'''Gourmet Champagne Promenade''' in May

==Notable people linked to the commune==
* '''Sainte Germaine''', martyr in 451, decapitated on the order of [[Attila]]
* '''Jean-François Armand''':<ref>[http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche.asp?num_dept=11399 ''Armand (Jean-Francois)''] in Robert and Cougny, ''Dictionary of French parliamentarians'', 1889 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> (born 24 June 1789 - Bar-sur-Aube, died 27 March 1883 - [[Gravières]]), [[École polytechnique]], [[Corps of Bridges, Waters and Forests|''Corps des Ponts'']], MP for Aube (1837–1848);
* '''[[Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube]]''', [[troubador]] of the 13th century.
* '''Étienne d’Acier''', poet, disciple of [[Pierre de Ronsard]], 16th century.
* '''[[Gaston Bachelard]]''', philosopher (1884–1962).
* '''Armand Beauvais''', rural painter (1840–1911).
* '''[[Jacques Claude Beugnot]]''', Count of Beugnot (1761–1835).
* '''[[Maurice Emmanuel]]''', musicologist and French composer born in Bar-sur-Aube in 1862 and died in Paris in 1938.
* '''Albert Gabriel''', architect, specialist on Anatolia, professor in the College of France and the University of [[Istanbul]] (1883–1972).
* '''[[Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy]]''', Countess of the Motte, instigator of the [[Affair of the Diamond Necklace]].
* '''Marc [[Rétaux de Villette]]''', forger, implicated in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace
* '''[[Marinette Pichon]]''', born on 26 November 1975 in Bar-sur-Aube, former French footballer who played for [[FCF Juvisy]] and in the [[France women's national football team]] (to 2006, 112 caps and 82 goals).
* '''Gaston Cheq''', saviour of the Aube vineyards, born on 14 January 1866 in Bar-sur-Aube.
* '''[[Alexandre Du Sommerard]]''', archaeologist born in Bar-sur-Aube in 1779, died at [[Saint-Cloud]] on 19 August 1842, founder of the [[Musée national du Moyen Âge|Musée de Cluny]] (Paris).
* '''[[Charlemagne de Maupas]]''', prefect of police in [[Paris]], one of the architects of the [[French coup d'état of 1851]].
* '''Jules Franceschi''', French Sculptor of nature (born in Bar-sur-Aube on 11 January 1825, died in Paris on 1 September 1893)

==See also==
* [[Communes of the Aube department]]
* [[Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube]] - medieval French poet

===External links===
*[http://www.ville.barsuraube.org/V2/rwd-Accueil.html Bar-sur-Aube Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226233116/http://www.ville.barsuraube.org/V2/rwd-Accueil.html |date=2015-12-26 }}

==References==
{{Reflist|2|refs=
<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bar-sur-Aube,+France/@48.2318,4.7076,14z Bar-sur-Aube on Google Maps]</ref>
<ref name=Geo>[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=4.7076,48.2318&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Bar-sur-Aube on the Géoportail] from [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
<ref name=Cassini1750>[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=48.2318&lon=4.7076&zoom=13 ''Bar sur Aube'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]</ref>
<ref name=Cassini1790>[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/clipmosaiccassini400.html?lat=48.2318&lon=4.7076&zoom=12 ''Bar sur Aube'' on the 1790 Cassini Map]</ref>
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